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Yes....whassup with that? I say bring back the peace, love and happyness

I smoke.....AND I LIKE IT!!! Wow, that does feel good

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Err... I think you missed my point, and francks. I'm familiar with the incident also. I don't think he meant you should only spend five minutes with someone who will have exactly the same kind of collison. How could anybody know that? I just meant that it's good to see everybody's responses here on dz.com and it would be good if all the newbies got a chance to hear from lots of different experienced skydivers, not just the one.

I copied this from franck102's recent post in talk back when asked if there is anything he needs. This guy sounds like a good candidate for at least 5 minutes of someones time (someone other than the dzo who gave him the great advice in the first place). BTW - I was thinking last night that wouldn't it be cool if this guy gets back to the dz and the instructor says "What?? I told you to look for a 220 fool!" *smack upside the head* The canopy you jumped was a 220 not a 120!!"

Tell 'em to scream, it really helps.

Then I don't want to jump under the supervision of this dzo...ever!! I take resposibilty for my own decisions but I think I'm at a point where those decisions are somewhat educated. I think this scenario makes them potentially a danger to not only themselves but everyone else in the sky with them. I think we should be taking care of each other and trying to keep each other alive!

Yup, I gotta get me one of them.....

I love it when the parachute opens and they "go back up!". Did that ever happen before video was available??

I'm from Brisbane, Australia and currently skydive all over California.... The weather's here, wish you were beautiful....oops

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I did a search on this and didn't find anything so here goes.... A few months after the Odysseys started getting enough use to hear feedback on them, I was hearing some things about them that made me cautious about buying one. I thought I'd wait longer to hear more but haven't. Some people were saying that the laterals were causing some problems like on a hard opening they would cut into your ribs and cause bruising and discomfort. Also some jumpers were concerned about the possibility of a riser becoming caught in the place between the lateral webbing and the skydivers back. This wouldn't be much of a problem if it were a main riser as the main containor would be empty and wouldn't cause a snag but if the main was still in the bag and a reserve riser got caught in there......?? Has anybody heard any more or have personal experience? I'm ready to buy a new rig and am keen to find out if these subjects have been discussed recently. CM

I know three people with Icarus camera suits. Two of them needed lots of repair work within about 50 jumps. The other one has had no problem and has 200+ jumps on it so far. I think it's worth spending the extra money if you can for a suit with a proven record.

I think this is a really important point. I talked with someone who had a spinning mal and his harness was twisted so far that the only way he could pull his reserve was to hook the very tip of a finger through the metal handle and pull. He swears that if his rig had a soft cushion he would not have been able to pull, especially with the altitude available and no time to mess around.